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Well upgraded my main laptop and the Sandy bridge using an upgrade then downloaded the 8.1 for free. I do run bot in 7 style using Classic Shell as I am not keen on the Metro panels.

You could also do a dual boot for that matter depends what you want out of the thing. As a general rule I use 7 on all my machines for most of the time, and in general again I find they run a bit faster in 8.

Well upgraded my main laptop and the Sandy bridge using an upgrade then downloaded the 8.1 for free. I do run bot in 7 style using Classic Shell as I am not keen on the Metro panels.

You could also do a dual boot for that matter depends what you want out of the thing. As a general rule I use 7 on all my machines for most of the time, and in general again I find they run a bit faster in 8.

The tiles or Start screen have always been optional. In Win 8.1, you can set it to boot directly to the desktop so you never see the Start screen. Since you say you want the Start button, you will need to install one of the many apps out there that bring it back such as Classic Shell.

Running Win 8.1 from the desktop is very similar to Win 7. Boot and shutdown times are improved, performance running apps is about the same. I haven't found any apps that ran on Win 7 that won't run on Win 8.

As Strollin says mate I would opt for the link I sent you and if you get stuck in the panels as one does with opening PDF files then all you need to do is hit the Windows key and X it brings up a window and you just click on Desktop and you are back where you started

Should I take the leap?

ok im taking a big leap into overclocking --->i really wanna over clock my board from 2.8ghz to 3.2 but im not to sure how to over clock all my spec info is on my system spec page and i can provide more info. can some one give me a crash course on the diff over clocking types ie ram cpu gpu ect . wait you can over clock ram right lol

Just looking before I leap...new PC final thoughts.I've ordered the monitor (NEC EA232WMi) which is scheduled to arrive today & think I have selected a good case, MB, RAM, power supply & CPU. I thought I'd ask those with more experience for their commits as I've never built a PC before.
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Hardware & Devices

win764 is a giant leap backwardsnot responding....
win 3.1 aand xp could not handle it. vista could shut the program down.
win7 64. is worse than 3.1!
it ends up snarling the whole computer and has to be powered down with the power button.
have 2 computers - both toshiba laptops both win7 64. one connects to the internet, the...

BSOD Help and Support

Security Wireless Cisco LEAPHi,
I need to access to a wireless protected bye Cisco LEAP.
On windows vista, I install Intel/Proset wireless on my HP6730b and the Cisco LEAP security is present.
But on windows seven, after I install this software, no Cisco LEAP security is present.
Have you the sames problem ?

Network & Sharing

W7 Leap AuthenicationWell I have been trying to get the wireless setup on the computer at work. We use Cisco LEAP to secure it, now I can get the system to see the network and try to connect but each time it kicks back asking for username and password. I put in the information and yet it still doesnt work.
We...